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Since the White House has been bitterly complaining about the conservatives/NRA/et al,
blocking the accumulation of any gun statistics other than commercial sales totals,
I'd take these stats with a grain of salt.
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This survey is the biennial "General Social Survey" by the National Science Foundation (NSF)
... and so probably worthy of more than a grain of salt.
The NY Times article is 4 pages, and contains additional information.
The the NRA lobbied Congress to put language in funding bills to prevent
the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) from
publishing data on gun statistics.
The latter is what Obama was criticizing
I agree the "2nd Amendment people" are being much more secretive.
Is it paranoia?
or, just being unpopular among their friends ?
or both !